Surajbhan Singh | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Preceded by | Ram Jeevan Singh |
Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
Constituency | Balia (Bihar) |
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Preceded by | Dilip Singh |
Succeeded by | Anant Kumar Singh |
Constituency | Mokama |
Acting President of the Lok Janshakti Party [1] | |
In office 15 June 2021 –17 June 2021 | |
Preceded by | Chirag Kumar Paswan |
Succeeded by | Pashupati Kumar Paras |
Personal details | |
Born | Mokama,Bihar,India | 5 March 1965
Political party | Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (2021-present) |
Other political affiliations | Lok Janshakti Party (2004-2021) Independent (2000-2004) |
Spouse | Veena Devi |
Relations | Chandan Singh (younger brother) |
Residence | Patna |
Surajbhan Singh (born 5 March 1965 [2] ) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bihar contesting on a ticket from Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). Currently he is debarred from contesting due to conviction in the Rami Singh farmer murder case.
Singh was born on 5 March 1965 in Mokama into a poor farming family. [2] [3] He had two brothers. [2] His wife,Veena Devi,was an MP from Munger parliamentary constituency on a Lok Janshakti Party. His son Ashutosh died in a car accident on Greater Noida Expressway on 27 October 2018. [4]
He started his career in politics by contesting Assembly election against Dilip Singh,the sitting Minister in Government of Bihar and the elder brother of criminal-turned-politician Anant Kumar Singh in 2000 and defeated him by a huge margin. At the time of fighting the 2000 elections,police records credited him with 26 criminal cases ranging across Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. [5] After he was elected an independent MLA from the Mokama Assembly constituency (Patna district) then became MP of Balia,Bihar,on a LJP ticket. [6] [7] In 2009,he is convicted in Brij Behari Prasad Murder Case but in 2014 he along 9 accused had been acquitted by the High Court. [8] He is debarred from contesting due to conviction in the Rami Singh murder case of 2008. [9]
Singh was alleged to have shot and killed Rami Singh,a resident of Madhurapur village in Begusarai district on 16 January 1992. On 24 June 2008,he was found guilty by a Bihar court. After that he went to jail. [10] On Sunday,10 May 2009 unidentified men shot dead the main witness Naga Singh and his grandson near Barauni in Begusarai. [11]